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Service Trips

Service Trips give you the opportunity to serve where genuine need exists in another area of our country. You'll gain first-hand perspective of the rich cultural diversity of our country and its people while building relationships with fellow volunteers and people at the service site. Service trips open your eyes and expand your horizons, giving you a new perspective to bring home.

Fall Diversity Immersion Trip: St. Louis – October 20-25th

Cost: $75

For the Fall Trip, we will be traveling to St. Louis to work with Urban Mission Experience. Urban Mission Experience will guide us during our four days in St. Louis as we serve in a variety of experiences. Opportunities will include working at a transitional house for women and children, an area food bank, and Habitat for Humanity. This short-term experience will help you gain a better understanding of issues facing urban areas and how you can become an agent of change.

Registration Due: September 20th

Student Leaders: Elizabeth Wareham and Hillary Kaefring

Advisor: Isaiah Corbin

Alternative Spring Break:

Washington D.C. – March 19-26th

Cost: $150

Join us this Spring Break as we travel to The Pilgrimage in the heart of Washington D.C. to focus on issues of hunger, homelessness, and poverty in our nation's capital. During the trip, we will participate in serving the poor and homeless by working at local food banks, homeless shelters, and interacting with the homeless people of the city. This trip will allow you to experience many aspects of poverty and hunger while serving others.

Join us in our trip to the Columban Mission Center where you will be exposed to the many U.S./Mexico border issues including poverty, migration, and human rights. You will talk with community members about the pressures, challenges, and joys of living and working along the border; additionally, you will learn about the violence in Juarez and the challenges of migration and human rights. Hands on service will be limited, but may include working with the homeless population, working on a community garden, and cooking meals.

Service Trips are limited in size, and are first-come, first-served. All service trips are open to Mount Mercy students, faculty, staff and alumni, unless otherwise stated. A full application for each service trip will also be available on the Mount Mercy Mission & Ministry Facebook page. To participate or for more information on Service Trips, contact Isaiah Corbin at icorbin@mtmercy.edu, or by phone at 319-363-1323 x1396.